MANAGEMENT PARTNERS, INC. (2005 Dispatch Analysis)

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partnership between the Project Cities, this activity will consider the contingent benefits of the other joint activities discussed above. Specifically this phase will include the following tasks: 1. Describe the potential for improvement in dispatch services that consolidation offers to the Project Cities. 2. Prepare a preliminary compilation of the cost elements, including one-time capital and annual operating expenses. 3. Evaluate the potential of other associated consolidation opportunities. 4. Evaluate the use of the Central Net Operations JPA as a potential vehicle for consolidation. 5. Summarize results. Once Activity 3 has been completed, Management Partners will meet with management in the Project Cities to discuss the results. Activity 4 — Report Preliminary Results With the learning, diagnostic evaluation and analysis completed, Management Partners will prepare a report that documents the opportunities for improvement with the current operations, offer preliminary analysis of the costs and benefits for consolidating the Project Cities' communication and dispatch services, and provides an outline of a more detailed analysis that would be required to plan and implement a consolidated communications function for the Project Cities. This subsequent analysis would, of course, include actual staffing projections and funding approaches. While the scope of the current work is limited to the identification of existing opportunities for improvement and how they may be addressed by a dispatch consolidation, we will also sketch the potential for long-tem service improvement and efficiencies which could be achieved with a joint project. Management Partners believes an important element of this work should be in positioning the Project Cities to productively accomplish this work at minimum cost. It will do so by suggesting the best future direction from the funding options available. PROJECT TEAM Andy Belknap, Regional Vice President, will provide project direction and expert guidance to this project, and take responsibility to assure that the work is at the high level that has earned the firm its reputation for quality work. Rebekka Hosken, Senior Management Advisor; John Granito, Special Advisor; and Emily Baker, management analyst will assist Andy on this project. Mr. Granite is a nationally respected expert on fire fighting and has participated in literally hundreds of consulting projects to improve fire service delivery. Mr. Belknap and Ms. Hosken are currently finishing an organizational analysis project for Santa Barbara County and are knowledgeable of current issues facing California fire departments. Andrew Belknap, Regional Vice President of Management Partners' western operations, will serve as project manager of this project. He has over 20 years of local government experience, including service as a City Manager and Public Works Director of jurisdictions in Ventura County. Andy has managed all of the firm's projects in the west since 2003, including a number of organizational reviews and consolidation analyses. Some of the most recent organizational reviews have included the City of Redondo Beach, the City of San Ramon, and San Mateo County. He is a seasoned and practical problem solver with first-hand 10